ITV's IRA footage claim broke rules: TV watchdog

ITV has been strongly criticised by the British TV watchdog and found in breach of broadcasting rules for mistakenly claiming that a scene from a video game was footage of an IRA attack.

ITV's IRA footage claim broke rules: TV watchdog

ITV has been strongly criticised by the British TV watchdog and found in breach of broadcasting rules for mistakenly claiming that a scene from a video game was footage of an IRA attack.

Viewers complained after the programme, 'Exposure: Gaddafi And The IRA', described the footage as IRA film of IRA members attempting to shoot down a British Army helicopter in 1988.

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